Knife



(No Model.)

V. M. FOWLER.

KNIFE.

No. 601,509. Patented Illa-1229, 1898,

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'UNITED STATES PATENT Gwinn.

VICTOR M. FOWLER, OF ACTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

KNIFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 601,509, dated March29, 1898.

Application filed May 27, 1897. Serial No. 638,332.- (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, VICTOR M. FowLER, of South Acton, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and ImprovedKnife, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a knife of simple andcomparatively cheap construction and of the class employed for slicingbread, cake, and the like, or paring vegetables or fruit.

I will describe a knife embodying my in'- vention,and then point out thenovel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a similarview of the same with the guide-arm removed. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of the guide-arm. Fig. 4

isa perspective view of theimprovement with the handle and guide-armremoved. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a modified form of theimprovement, and Fig. 6 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line6 6 of Fig. 5.

The improved knife, as illustrated in Figs. l to 4, inclusive, isprovided with a knifeblade A, secured to the frame'B, attached to thehandle C in any suitable manner, and on the frame B is formed atransversely-extending guideway B', adapted to receive thecorrespondingly-shaped head D 0f a guide-arm one of said lugsbeinginteriorly screw-thread-- ed.. The outer end of the screw-rod F ispreferably formed with a handle and is adapted to be turned by theoperator, so as to move the plate E in or out of engagement with thehead D to lock or unlock the latter.

Now it will be seen by reference to Fig. 1

that the lower edge of the guide-arm D extends a short distance belowthe cutting edge of the knife-blade A, so that this guide-arm can beplaced with its inner face against the face of the bread or otherarticle to be sliced to guide the knife-edge through the bread, so as tocut a slice of the thickness corresponding to the distance between thearm and the knife-blade A.

As shown in Fig. 1, the guide-arm D is of a length corresponding to thatof the knifeblade A; but, as illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, the guide-armD2 is made shorter than the knife-blade A, secured to the frame B3, inwhich screws the screw-rod F for moving the locking-plate E2 in or outof engagement with the head D3 of 'the guide-arm D2 to lock or unlockthe latter in or from the guideway B4.

By the arrangement described the outer end of the knife-blade A can bereadily used for paring purposes; also, for coring and quartering applesand other fruits, vegetables, and the like.

By unsorewing the screw-rod F or F the guide-arm D or D2 may be readilyunlocked to permit of removing it from the guideway, so as to allow ofusing'the knife the same as ordinary knives. y

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. In a knife, a handle, a frame attachedthereto, a blade extended from the frame, a guideway extendedtransversely of the frame, a guide-arm having a head movable in theguideway, a locking-plate in the guideway and engaging with the head ofthe guide-arm, and clamping means for said plate, substantially asspecified.

2. In a knife, a handle, a frame attached thereto, a blade extended fromthe frame, a guideway extended transversely of the frame,

`a guide-arm having a head movable in the guideway, a locking-plate inthe guideway and engagingwith the head of the guide-arm, and a screw-rodpassing through a tapped lug on the frame and engaging in a Asocket onthe locking-plate, substantially as specified.'

' VICTOR M. FOWLER.

Vitnesses:

AUGUSTUS L. SANDERsoN, LEwIs T. WILLARD.

